Thread: Just did a supremely stupid thing
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Old 11-23-2013, 11:13 AM   #5
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Originally Posted by ALF59 View Post
I was adding some books and while that was going on, I was also organizing on my hard drive and renaming some folders. Yes, I renamed my Calibre Library folder. When I added the most recent books to Calibre, the program created a second, correctly named Calibre Library folder. Of course, only those books showed up in the actual Calibre database and I realized what I'd done. I re-renamed my original folder back to Calibre Library, got pop-ups asking if the folders should merge. I answered yes, but it doesn't seem to have taken. My original folder still has all my files, but they don't show up when I open Calibre. Is there a way to correct this without readding everything? Can't believe I did this! Assistance is gratefully received.
STOP! READ! recovery may be simple

if you have 2 (or more) metadata.db (with associated book folders) found on your system, Merging Libraries is SIMPLE if you let Calibre do it. You simply use the 'Add to Library' (NOT Add Books) option.
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